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In order to do this in the same way at home as you do in school you would need to install and set-up a server. In school you actually log into the server not the local machine, which is why you can log in from any machine, and get you preferences.
It is possible to access files on one system from another on a home severless system (workgroup), by setting up identical accounts on each machine and sharing files. On win7 systems you are best served by using homegroup

Logon to different accounts on different computers on the same network

Fast user logon with multiple accountsOn my computer, I used to have only 1 user account. When I logged on, it would take less that a second to get to my desktop. I put a second user on, and now it takes about 25 seconds. My guess is that when I was the only user, it knew I would log on and loaded my user before I logged on. My user...

Performance & Maintenance

Unable to see home network computers in Windows Explorer Network screeUnable to see home network computers in Windows Explorer Network screen.
I have a home network with 2 laptops and 1 desktop. The desktop I use as a "file server" in that all work done on the laptops is stored to the desktop. The desktop computer name is HAL. One laptop is fine and sees the...

Network & Sharing

User accounts created but not able to logon - No user profileI am a lab technician for Microsoft classes at a community college. One of our students somehow messed up his hard drive. The computer is running Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 64-bit. The system has two administrator accounts and one standard user account. I am still able to logon with those accounts...

General Discussion

Logon as Service for German computersHi All,
I am a native English speaker, working in Germany. I have a German Windows 7, Home Premium OS on my office desktop. I need to add a user as Logon to Service settings using the following instructions. However, I am not able to translate this to exact German instructions. Could anyone please...

System Security

Looking to disable a user accounts interactive logonUltimate SP1 here.
Just curious if this is possible. I moved in with some roommates and I wanted to allow them access to some file shares on my PC across our LAN. Since it prompts on their end for authentication, I didnt want to supply my logon, as that would allow write access to the files...

General Discussion

sync WLM accounts on 2 computersI have email accounts set up in Windows Live Mail on my work computer and need to sync those with accounts on my personal. I've created the account on my personal and have received all the emails in my inbox... but is there any way to export and import a whole account so the sub folders are synced...